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Corrupt system files can't recover
I have a win 7 home 64 install.
It seems some system files are corrupt..
I ran sfc /scannow and looked at the results and there is a system,web.tlb that it cannot repair. This seems to be part of .net 2.x
I have tried to remove the patches that it was referencing, I still have issues.
If I reboot with an F8 and choose repair I eventually get a password request for my only admin account and it will not take the password, I have changed it and tried again ..still nothing,
If I schedule a chkdsk on reboot it says it cannot get direct access to the disk.
I was able to find an old win 7 cd and boot to it.. and after a few attempts make it to a prompt and ran chkdsk and it cleaned MANY issues.. (took forever)
I suspect that the auto update was on and while updating it was powered down.. corrupting things randomly..
I tried clean boot mode.. nothing better... I removed all anti malware and anti virus. I ran the maleware bytes first and cleaned up whatever it found... and removed any extra stuff from the RUN and RUNONCE in the reg.
I can boot normally but it is not stable.
I can apply patches since when it tries upon reboot it hangs on one of 4000+ files then reverts..
windows update says I only have 3 updates..
I tried an in place upgrade.. i don't have original CDs but I got a wind 7 home sp1 (same as the install) cd and run the setup.. I say I want to upgrade windows.. it hoes and hangs on 20% of 2nd step.. saying it is trying to scan existing system info etc..
I can't run the fixit tool from MS.
the fix .net tool hangs on step 8 of 9
I am at a loss..
ANYTHING from ANYONE?
I was going to try a defrag see if that moves things and hopefully repairs (I know this is not how it works)
Thanks in advance for the help..
-Ken